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Night Vision - The Art of Urban Exploration - cover

Night Vision - The Art of Urban Exploration

Troy Paiva

Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

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Summary

The acclaimed night photographer and urban explorer captures the mystery and beauty of modern ruins across the American West. From airplane graveyards to defunct shopping malls and the remains of old military equipment, the industrial progress of the twentieth century has left its haunting mark on America’s western landscape. In Night Vision, Troy Paiva delves into the contemporary ruins hidden among the cities, deserts, and hills of California to reveal their melancholy majesty.  Paiva’s light-painted night photography produces fascinating images that are documentarian yet playfully surrealist. As in his other collections—including Lost America, Night Salvage, and Junkyard Nights—Night Vision offers a deep dive into a rarely glimpsed side of Americana.
Available since: 05/21/2013.
Print length: 199 pages.

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